I'm kinda mixed on copyright. I feel like it probably should apply to the creator themselves to secure their likelihood, but in a way that allows for commercial transformative works of that property in an indie setting, the focus being more on preventing unauthorized distribution of a creatives work - ThreadSky

diaphin.bsky.social • 54 days ago

I'm kinda mixed on copyright. I feel like it probably should apply to the creator themselves to secure their likelihood, but in a way that allows for commercial transformative works of that property in an indie setting, the focus being more on preventing unauthorized distribution of a creatives work

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diaphin.bsky.social•54 days ago

I feel like when it comes to anything past the creators work, I'm more sympathetic towards families being personally involved in curating said work than corporations being able to indefinitively cling to their properties.

alexissara.bsky.social•54 days ago

I think works become part of the collective concious it's natural for people to want to make works inspired by it and we have a massive grey market now from fan art to fan fics to fan games to gif keyboards all that could go away with a legal snap. Copyright kills creative ability I think it's

alexissara.bsky.social•54 days ago

Ultimately more harmful and we've seen time and time again nothing is stopping giant companies from violating copyright. Copyright mostly simply banfits corporations

diaphin.bsky.social•54 days ago

Yeah, I agree with you. I think it should be mostly concerned with preventing unauthorized distribution. Like in, for example, me just printing your books and selling them on my own without your consent, as well as creating a label to differenciate between official and unofficial works.

alexissara.bsky.social•54 days ago

I would be fine with small time copyright, one proposal I have would be a years of creation +2 for time for copyright so if it took 5 years to make you have 7 years to profit exclusively from it.

I'd also potentially be fine with copyright of the exact work but not the concepts in the work.

diaphin.bsky.social•54 days ago

I think non-transformative distribution feels like a no-brainer for me.

When it comes to transformative creations, I think a good compromise would be to have limits, like you propose or just the creators lifespam, but instead of exclusivity just entitle the creator to a certain percentage of the

alexissara.bsky.social•54 days ago

For some period of time not 100 years after death but you know, some amount of time maybe even the creators life although I prefer the idea of it being some smaller amount of time for sure. I understand wanting to be able to sell the thing you made.

I think it ultimately benefits most artists for

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